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A Hollywood studio executive is being sent death threats by a writer whose script he rejected - but which one?


“SCREEN STAR MURDERED! All Hollywood Thrown in an Uproar!”
Someone is murdering the cast and crew of a new Hollywood movie, and the leading lady may be next. As a police detective locks down the lot and refuses to let anyone leave, the studio’s publicity head and his secretary attempt to solve the murders themselves.

Frances Drake
Peggy Madison

Reginald Denny
Johnny Morgan

Gail Patrick
Claire Woodward

George Barbier
Jerome Hewitt

Ian Keith
E. Gordon Smith

Rod La Rocque
Neil Du Beck

Conway Tearle
Edwin Strange

Thomas E. Jackson
Detective McKane
Jack Raymond
George Tyson

Colin Tapley
Studio Manager
The Preview Murder Mystery is a mystery, thriller film released in 1936 exploring themes of movie business, behind the scenes. Directed by Robert Florey, it stars Frances Drake, Reginald Denny, Gail Patrick. Someone is murdering the cast and crew of a new Hollywood movie, and the leading lady may be next. As a police detective locks down the lot and refuses to let anyone leave, the studio’s publicity head and his secretary attempt to solve the murders themselves.
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